My favourite albums from 1997

1. 30

   Nighttime Birds

   The Gathering

   

   

   Gothic metal | Doom metal

   Tracks:

   1. On the Most Surfaces (Inuit) ●
   2. Confusion
   3. The May Song
   4. The Earth Is My Witness
   5. New Moon, Different Day
   6. Third Chance
   7. Kevin's Telescope
   8. Nighttime Birds
   9. Shrink

2. 29

   In the Sign of the Raven

   Mithotyn

   

   

   Viking metal | Folk metal

   Tracks:

   1. Upon Raging Waves ●
   2. In the Sign of the Raven
   3. Shadows of the Past
   4. Lost in the Mist
   5. Embraced by Frost
   6. In the Forest of Moonlight
   7. Tills Dagen Gryr
   8. Stories Carved in Stone
   9. Freezing Storms of Snow
   10. Where My Spirit Forever Shall Be
   11. Let Thy Ale Swing

3. 28

   Come My Fanatics ...

   Electric Wizard

   

   

   Doom metal | Stoner metal

   Tracks:

   1. Return Trip ●
   2. Wizard in Black
   3. Doom-Mantia
   4. Ivixor B / Phase Inducer
   5. Son of Nothing
   6. Solarian 13

4. 27

   Falling into Infinity

   Dream Theater

   

   

   Progressive metal

   Tracks:

   1. New Millenium
   2. You not Me
   3. Peruvian Skies ●
   4. Hollow Years
   5. Burning My Soul
   6. Hell's Kitchen
   7. Lines in the Sand
   8. Take Away My Pain
   9. Just Let Me Breathe
   10. Anna Lee
   11. Trial of Tears

5. 26

   Hear in the Now Frontier

   Queensrÿche

   

   

   Progressive metal | Alternative rock

   Tracks:

   1. Sign of the Times ●
   2. Cuckoo's Nest
   3. Get a Life
   4. The Voice Inside
   5. Some People Fly
   6. Saved
   7. You
   8. Hero
   9. Miles Away
   10. Reach
   11. All I Wat
   12. Hit the Black
   13. Anytime / Anywhere
   14. sp00l

6. 25

   Ultra

   Depeche Mode

   

   

   Alternative rock | Trip hop

   Tracks:

   1. Barrel of a Gun ●
   2. The Love Thieves
   3. Home
   4. It's No Good
   5. Uselink
   6. Useless
   7. Sister of Night
   8. Jazz Thieves
   9. Freestate
   10. The Bottom Line
   11. Insight

7. 24

   Homogenic

   Björk

   

   

   Trip hop | Art pop

   Tracks:

   1. Hunter
   2. Jóga
   3. Unravel
   4. Bachelorette ●
   5. All Neon Like
   6. 5 Years
   7. Immature
   8. Alarm Call
   9. Pluto
   10. All Is Full of Love

8. 23

   Be Here Now

   Oasis

   

   

   Alternative rock

   Tracks:

   1. D'You Know What I Mean? ●
   2. My big MOuth
   3. Magic Pie
   4. Stand by Me
   5. I Hope, I Think, I Know
   6. The Girl in the Dirty Shirt
   7. Fade in-out
   8. Don't Go Away
   9. Be Here Now
   10. All Around the World
   11. It's Gettin' Better (Man!)
   12. All Around the World (Reprise)

9. 22

   The Divine Wings of Tragedy

   Symphony X

   

   

   Neoclassical metal | Progressive metal | Power metal

   Tracks:

   1. Of Sins and Shadows
   2. Sea of Lies
   3. Out of the Ashes
   4. The Accolade
   5. Pharaoh
   6. The Witching Hour
   7. The Divine Wings of Tragedy ●
   8. Candlelight Fantasia

10. 21

    Shadow of the Moon

    Blackmore's Night

    

    

    Folk | Neo-medieval

    Tracks:

    1. Shadow of the Moon
    2. The Clock Ticks on
    3. Be Mine Tonight
    4. Play Minstrel Play ●
    5. Ocean Gypsy
    6. Minstrel Hall
    7. Writing on the Wall
    8. Renaissance Faire
    9. Memmingen
    10. No Second Chance
    11. Mond Tanz
    12. Spirit of the Sea
    13. Greensleeves
    14. Wish You Were Here

11. 20

    City

    Strapping Young Lad

    

    

    Industrial metal | Progressive metal

    Tracks:

    1. Velvet Kevorkian
    2. All Hail the New Flesh
    3. Oh My Fucking God ●
    4. Detox
    5. Home Nucleonics
    6. AAA
    7. Underneath the Waves
    8. Room 429
    9. Spirituality

12. 19

    Whoracle

    In Flames

    

    

    Melodic death metal

    Tracks:

    1. Jotun
    2. Food for the Gods
    3. Gyroscope ●
    4. Dialogue with the Stars
    5. The Huve
    6. Jester Script Transfigured
    7. Morphing into Primal
    8. Worlds Within the Margin
    9. Episode 666
    10. Everything Counts
    11. Whoracle

13. 18

    Demonic

    Testament

    

    

    Groove metal | Death metal

    Tracks:

    1. Demonic Refusal ●
    2. The Burning Times
    3. Together as One
    4. Jun-Jun
    5. John Doe
    6. Murky Waters
    7. Hatred's Rise
    8. Distorted Lives
    9. New Eyes of Old
    10. Ten Thousand Thrones
    11. Nostrovia

14. 17

    Ixnay on the Hombre

    The Offspring

    

    

    Punk rock | Hard rock

    Tracks:

    1. Disclaimer
    2. The Meaning of Life
    3. Mota
    4. Me & My old Lady
    5. Cool to Hate
    6. Leave It Behind
    7. Gone Away ●
    8. I Choose
    9. Intermission
    10. All I Want
    11. Way Down the Line
    12. Don't Pick It up
    13. Amazed
    14. Change the World

15. 16

    The Boatman's Call

    Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds

    

    

    Jazz pop | Alternative pop

    Tracks:

    1. Into My Arms
    2. Lime Tree Arbour ●
    3. People Ain't No Good
    4. Brompton Oratory
    5. There Is a Kingdom
    6. (Are You) the One That I've Been Waiting for?
    7. Where Do We Go Now but Nowhere?
    8. West Country Girl
    9. Black Hair
    10. Idiot Prayer
    11. Far from Me
    12. Green Eyes

16. 15

    Nattens Madrigal

    Ulver

    

    

    Black metal

    Tracks:

    1. Hymne I: Wolf and Fear
    2. Hymne II: Wolf and the Devil
    3. Hymne III: Wolf and Hatred
    4. Hymne IV: Wolf and Man ●
    5. Hymne V: Wolf and the Moon
    6. Hymne VI: Wolf and Passion
    7. Hymne VII: Wolf and Destiny
    8. Hymne VIII: Wolf and the Night

17. 14

    Anthems to the Welkin at Dusk

    Emperor

    

    

    Symohonic black metal

    Tracks:

    1. Alsvartr
    2. Ye Entrancemperium ●
    3. Thus Spake the Nightspirit
    4. Ensorcelled by Khaos
    5. The Loss and Curse of Reverence
    6. The Acclamation of Bonds
    7. With Strength I Burn
    8. The Wanderer

18. 13

    Nimrod

    Green Day

    

    

    Punk rock

    Tracks:

    1. Nice Guys Finish Last
    2. Hitchin' a Ride ●
    3. The Grouch
    4. Redundant
    5. Scattered
    6. All the Time
    7. Worry Rock
    8. Platypus (I Hate You)
    9. Uptight
    10. Last Ride in
    11. Jinx
    12. Haushinka
    13. Walking Alone
    14. Reject
    15. Take Back
    16. King for a Day
    17. Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)
    18. Prosthetic Hand

19. 12

    Something Wild

    Children of Bodom

    

    

    Melodic death metal | Symphonic metal

    Tracks:

    1. Deadnight Warrior
    2. In the Shadows ●
    3. Red Light in My Eyes, Pt. 1
    4. Red Light in My Eyes, Pt. 2
    5. Lake Bodom
    6. The Nail
    7. Touch Like Angel of Death

20. 11

    Bang Bang

    Dispatch

    

    

    Jam rock

    Tracks:

    1. Here We Go
    2. Bats in the Belfry
    3. The General
    4. Bang Bang
    5. Mission
    6. Drive
    7. Two Coins
    8. Railway
    9. Whirlwind
    10. Out Loud ●

21. 10

    Sehnsucht

    Rammstein

    

    

    industrial metal

    Tracks:

    1. Sehnsucht
    2. Engel
    3. Tier
    4. Bestrafe mich
    5. Du hast ●
    6. Bück dich
    7. Spiel mit mir
    8. Klavier
    9. Alter Mann
    10. Eifersucht
    11. Küss mich

22. 9

    Album of the Year

    Faith No More

    

    

    Alternative metal

    Tracks:

    1. Collision
    2. Stripsearch
    3. Last Cup of Sorrow ●
    4. Naked in Front of the Computer
    5. Helpless
    6. Mouth to Mouth
    7. Ashes to Ashes
    8. She Loves Me Not
    9. Got That Feeling
    10. Paths of Glory
    11. Home Sick Home
    12. Pristina

23. 8

    Anatolia

    The Pentagram

    

    

    Heavy metal

    Tracks:

    1. Anatolia (Version 1)
    2. Eastland
    3. Dark Is the Sun
    4. Gündüz Gece
    5. Stand to Fall
    6. Give Me Something to Kill the Pain ●
    7. Welcome the End
    8. Anatolia (Version 2)
    9. On the Run
    10. Time
    11. Behind the Veil
    12. Fall of a Hero
    13. Infinity

24. 7

    The Book of Secrets

    Loreena McKennitt

    

    

    Celtic folk

    Tracks:

    1. Prologue
    2. The Mummers' Dance ●
    3. Skellig
    4. Marco polo
    5. The Highwayman
    6. La Serenissima
    7. Night Ride Across the Caucasus
    8. Dante's Prayer

25. 6

    Secret Samadhi

    Live

    

    

    Alternative rock

    Tracks:

    1. Rattlesnake ●
    2. Lakini's Juice
    3. Graze
    4. Century
    5. Ghost
    6. Unsheathed
    7. Insomnia and the Hole in the Universe
    8. Turn My Head
    9. Heropsychodreamer
    10. Freaks
    11. Merica
    12. Gas Hed Goes West

26. 5

    OK Computer

    Radiohead

    

    

    Progressive rock | Art rock

    Tracks:

    1. Airbag
    2. Paranoid Android
    3. Subterranean Homesick Blues
    4. Exit Music (for a Film) ●
    5. Let Down
    6. Karma Police
    7. Fitter Happier
    8. Electioneering
    9. Climbing up the Walls
    10. No Surprises
    11. Lucky
    12. The Tourist

27. 4

    Cryptic Writings

    Megadeth

    

    

    Heavy metal

    Tracks:

    1. Trust
    2. Almost Honest
    3. Use the Man
    4. Mastermind
    5. The Disintegrators
    6. I'll Get Even
    7. Sin
    8. A Secret Place
    9. Have Cool, Will Travel
    10. She-Wolf ●
    11. Vortex
    12. FFF

28. 3

    One Second

    Paradise Lost

    

    

    Gothic rock

    Tracks:

    1. One Second ●
    2. Say Just Words
    3. Lydia
    4. Mercy
    5. Soul Courageous
    6. Another Day
    7. The Sufferer
    8. This Cold Life
    9. Blood of Another
    10. Disappear
    11. Sane
    12. Take Me Down

29. 2

    Visions

    Stratovarius

    

    

    Power metal

    Tracks:

    1. The Kiss of Judas
    2. Black Diamond ●
    3. Forever Free
    4. Before the Winter
    5. Legions
    6. The Abyss of Your Eyes
    7. Holy Light
    8. Paradise
    9. Coming Home
    10. Visions (Southern Cross)

30. 1

    The Fat of the Land

    The Prodigy

    

    

    Elecropunk | techno

    Tracks:

    1. Smack My Bitch up
    2. Breathe
    3. Diesel Power
    4. Funky Shit
    5. Serial Thrilla ●
    6. Mindfields
    7. Narayan
    8. Firestarter
    9. Climbatize
    10. Fuel My Fire